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Last night in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mikkel Kessler fought somebody named Dimitri Sartison for the World Boxing Association super middleweight title. Three weeks ago, in Melbourne, Australia, Anthony Mundine defended the WBA super middleweight title when he won a decision over Sam Soliman. On its Web site, the WBA listed that one as a world title fight and presumably collected a sanctioning fee, which is made more interesting because in a May 14 letter obtained by attorney Scott Shaffer, WBA executive vice president Gilberto Mendoza notified crooked Danish promoter Mogens Palle that the organization had approved last night’s fight for “the vacant super middleweight title” between Kessler, its former champion, and Sartison, whom it described as “the leading available challenger.”
A day after beating Soliman (for the third time), Mundine obligingly revealed that he was abandoning the title to campaign in what he described as “the hot middleweight division.” The move would seem to have been less than voluntary for a number of reasons.
Since literally every other middleweight of consequence seems to be moving up in weight - (Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor, Edison Miranda and Arthur Abraham), why would Mundine want to move down? In his entire career he’s never fought below 165 pounds and in his own description he wants to eventually move to light heavyweight. There would seem to be a serious question that he can even make 160, so the whole thing smacks of a ruse designed to discourage a lawsuit, most likely from Shaffer’s client, Danilo Haussler, the German super middleweight who was dumped from his No. 3 rating to accommodate Palle’s choice of opponents for Kessler
A day after beating Soliman (for the third time), Mundine obligingly revealed that he was abandoning the title to campaign in what he described as “the hot middleweight division.” The move would seem to have been less than voluntary for a number of reasons.
Since literally every other middleweight of consequence seems to be moving up in weight - (Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor, Edison Miranda and Arthur Abraham), why would Mundine want to move down? In his entire career he’s never fought below 165 pounds and in his own description he wants to eventually move to light heavyweight. There would seem to be a serious question that he can even make 160, so the whole thing smacks of a ruse designed to discourage a lawsuit, most likely from Shaffer’s client, Danilo Haussler, the German super middleweight who was dumped from his No. 3 rating to accommodate Palle’s choice of opponents for Kessler
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